Grand-Fayt
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | North | |
Arrondissement | Avesnes-sur-Helpe | |
Canton | Avesnes-sur-Helpe | |
Community association | Coeur de l'Avesnois | |
Coordinates | 50 ° 7 ' N , 3 ° 48' E | |
height | 135-191 m | |
surface | 8.8 km 2 | |
Residents | 505 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 57 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 59244 | |
INSEE code | 59270 | |
Town hall (Mairie) of Grand-Fayt |
Grand-Fayt is a French municipality with 505 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe , to the canton of Avesnes-sur-Helpe (until 2015: canton Avesnes-sur-Helpe-Sud ). The inhabitants are called Fagusiens .
geography
Grand-Fayt is about nine kilometers west-southwest of Avesnes-sur-Helpe on the Helpe Mineure . Grand-Fayt is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Maroilles in the north and west, Taisnières-en-Thiérache in the north and northeast, Marbaix in the east and northeast, Petit-Fayt in the south and east and Prisches in the south and southwest.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
Residents | 499 | 476 | 460 | 426 | 420 | 446 | 463 | 513 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Grand-Fayt
- Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens church from the 12th century
- Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours chapel, built in 1671
- Chapel of Sainte-Renel
- Watermill around 1600 ( Monument historique )
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 147-148.
Web links
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